Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preface—Acknowledgments—A note on the translations, transliteration, and dates—Introduction—1. Border crossings and fractured selves : a history of the Afghan Presence in Iran—2. The melancholy modern : the rise of a refugee intelligentsia—3. Afghan literary organizations in post revolutionary Iran—4. The social lives of poets and poetry—5. Modern love : poetry, companionate marriage, and recrafting the self—6. “When your darun speaks to you” : ethics of revelation and concealment in lyric poetry—Conclusion—Epilogue—Note—References—Index.

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